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...North Atlantic Treaty Organization, formed in 1949 to counter Soviet expansion into the heart of Europe, started winning 20 years ago, when the Berlin Wall fell, and with it all those Soviet-installed regimes between Berlin and Sofia. So the old lady, now celebrating her 60th birthday in fine health, should have died a long time ago. When exactly? A fitting year could have been 1991, when the Soviet Union committed suicide. Or three years later, when the last Russian troops pulled out of Central Europe. No more threat, no more alliance...
...sponsored by the Office of the President and Provost, the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, the American Repertory Theatre, and the Office for the Arts at Harvard, “Witness” was held on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “[The event is] an opportunity for us to come together as a community in celebration, commemoration, and meditation, not a performance” A.R.T. director Gideon Lester said, “Our intention is to invite representation across the arts and humanities...
Clinton is setting the stage for Obama's first visit to Europe as President next month, which includes a meeting with all 27 E.U. leaders in Prague as well as a London summit of the G-20, which gathers the world's major economies, and NATO's 60th anniversary summit in Strasbourg and Baden-Baden. "There is an overarching theme to the trip to Brussels, which is the reconnection of the United States with Europe and really a sense of consolidating this enormous political goodwill on both sides of the Atlantic," interim Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Daniel...
...funding, the organization is taking precautions to ensure its future by launching a new fund raising campaign. “The frustrating news,” said the spokesperson, “is that there are fewer resources.”Despite the decrease in resources, the 60th anniversary of Israeli independence in last year caused a massive increase in funding and therefore number of participants on the trip. Despite the changing economy, the number of program participants has steadily increased since the organization was founded. Considering that there is currently a wait list for applicants, it seems like...
...Gates' pessimism is born of longstanding U.S. frustration over Europe's commitment to NATO military and peacekeeping operations. So news that France plans to return to NATO's integrated military command ahead of or during 60th anniversary celebrations for the alliance on April 4 could, at first glance, be taken as a sign that change is in the air. President Nicolas Sarkozy's long-standing reintegration plan would reverse President Charles de Gaulle's decision 43 years ago to pull France from NATO's military and planning structure to protest what he felt was Anglo-American domination of the organization...